Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Monday, August 8, 2016 It's August, so we must be in Australia. Just kidding. Here’s what happened: One Saturday morning in April, after the doctor stitched my Achilles back together but before I could shower without the three legged medical stool, I was idly, and somewhat opioidately, reclining on the …
Lemongrass
Siem Reap, Cambodia Monday, March 20, 2017 As my go-everywhere bag this trip, I brought a purse that belonged to my mom—a medium-sized, easy-to-clean, forest-green REI bag equipped with anything an intrepid traveler might need. Aside from the painful fact that whenever I catch sight of myself and this bag and my thick shoulders …
Different Soundtracks
Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark Tuesday, May 9, 2017 When my boys turned five, I got them ponies. There was Texas, a wily pinto gelding, and Daffodil, a palomino with a white stripe down her lovely face. The ponies would live in our backyard, except for on Christmas morning, when they would come in the house …
In Case you were Wondering about the Plums
My mom used to shrug off indulgence with a poem. “This is just to say”, she would murmur, as she sliced the dense chocolate cake frosted with thick fudge that we'd peel off and eat in slabs. “So sweet/and so cold”, I would finish, reaching around her to sliver off my own corner of the …
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ICEBOX PLUMS: Moments, sweet and cold 